Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the GrayGood Press, 2019 M11 26 - 1152 pages "Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray" by William Wood William Charles Henry Wood, was a Canadian historian, Scout leader and naturalist. This volume tells the story of the Civil War, with a focus on the leading generals and political figures of the crisis. Using his experience as a historian, Wood gives a comprehensive review of the Civil War from the perspective of a non-American looking at it from the outside. |
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... by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society. ADMIRAL D. G. FARRAGUT Photograph by Brady. CIVIL WAR: CAMPAIGNS OF 1862 Map by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society. CIVIL WAR: VIRGINIA CAMPAIGNS, 1862 Map by W. L. G..
... by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society. ADMIRAL D. G. FARRAGUT Photograph by Brady. CIVIL WAR: CAMPAIGNS OF 1862 Map by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society. CIVIL WAR: VIRGINIA CAMPAIGNS, 1862 Map by W. L. G..
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... Farragut, a man who was to do greater things afloat than even Fox could do ashore. How badly active officers were wanted may be inferred from the fact that before the appointment of Farragut's promotion board the total number of regular ...
... Farragut, a man who was to do greater things afloat than even Fox could do ashore. How badly active officers were wanted may be inferred from the fact that before the appointment of Farragut's promotion board the total number of regular ...
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... Farragut's success. Then, on the seventh of November, the day that Grant began his triumphant career by dealing the Confederates a shrewd strategic blow at Belmont in Missouri, South Carolina suffered a worse defeat at Port Royal (where ...
... Farragut's success. Then, on the seventh of November, the day that Grant began his triumphant career by dealing the Confederates a shrewd strategic blow at Belmont in Missouri, South Carolina suffered a worse defeat at Port Royal (where ...
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... Farragut, having held a high command under the King of Aragon in the Moorish wars of the thirteenth century. Farragut's father was a pure-blooded Spaniard, born under the British flag in Minorca in 1755. Half Spanish, half Southern by ...
... Farragut, having held a high command under the King of Aragon in the Moorish wars of the thirteenth century. Farragut's father was a pure-blooded Spaniard, born under the British flag in Minorca in 1755. Half Spanish, half Southern by ...
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... Farragut was the oldest of the five great leaders, being now sixty years of age, while Lee was fifty-five, Sherman ... Farragut's base at Ship Island was about a hundred miles.
... Farragut was the oldest of the five great leaders, being now sixty years of age, while Lee was fifty-five, Sherman ... Farragut's base at Ship Island was about a hundred miles.
Contents
CHAPTER VIII | |
CHAPTER IX | |
CHAPTER X | |
Map by W L G Joerg American Geographical Society | |
CAMPAIGNS OF 1862 | |
Map by W L G Joerg American Geographical Society | |
INDEX TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
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